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Foreign Relations Committee Advances Romney Provisions to Improve Passport Services

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 21, 2023

Romney continues efforts to bring a passport agency to Salt Lake City

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Senator Romney: 'The DOJ must ensure that our adversaries such as the CCP are not operating intelligence operations or engaging in repression on U.S. soil.'

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 21, 2023

Utah Senators Mitt Romney and Mike Lee, along with eight other Republican senators, have joined forces to seek answers regarding alleged service centers in the United States that are linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Romney, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 20, 2023

U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) reintroduced the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coin Act, legislation to support and commemorate the 2028 Games set to take place in Los Angeles, California exactly five years from today.

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Romney, Colleagues Laud SFRC Passage of their Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 19, 2023

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, on July 13 joined Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chairman of the Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, in releasing statements following the Committee’s passage of their Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation authorizing the Biden Administration to negotiate and conclude a tax agreement between the United States and Taiwan.

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Lee Seeks Increased Competition in Biological Drug Market

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 17, 2023

Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mike Braun (R-IN), and J.D. Vance (R-OH) introduced the Biosimilar Red Tape Elimination Act to increase competition within the biological drug market and increase access to low-cost prescription drugs.

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Romney, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Wastewater Testing Systems for Public Health Emergency Preparedness

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 17, 2023

U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Angus King (I-ME) today introduced the bipartisan Public Health Response and Emergency Detection Through Integrated Wastewater Surveillance (PREDICT) Act.

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Romney, Hickenlooper Introduce Seven-year Extension of Fish Recovery Programs

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 15, 2023

U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) today introduced the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Reauthorization Act.

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Romney Demands Answers on Chinese Intel Center in Salt Lake City

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 14, 2023

Senators pen letter to Attorney General Garland regarding reports of Chinese Intelligence outposts operating inside the United States

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Utah AGO’s Outstanding Public Lands Attorney Anthony Rampton Retires

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 9, 2023

Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes congratulates Anthony (Tony) Rampton on his retirement.

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Utah AG Supports the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Proxy Voting Case

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 9, 2023

On June 27th, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes led a 26-state coalition supporting the U.S. Chamber in U.S. Chamber of Commerce v. SEC. The States filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit asking to reverse a lower court decision regarding an SEC rule rescission.

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Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak Nominated to Serve on Federal Trade Commission

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 8, 2023

The White House announced Utah Solicitor General Melissa Holyoak as a nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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‘Despicable’ Medicaid AG Fraud Unit Case Ends with Woman Sentenced for Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 8, 2023

Last week, Fifth District Court Judge Ann Marie McKiff Allen sentenced Megan Ramirez to 45 days in jail.

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Senate HELP Committee Release Staff Bipartisan Discussion Draft Legislation to Reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 7, 2023

Staffs of U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chair of HELP, along with U.S. Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Bob Casey (D-PA), today released and are seeking feedback on a staff-level bipartisan discussion draft to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), legislation that would help prepare the United States for the next public health emergency.

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AG Reyes Highlights His Commitment to Fighting BlackRock’s ESG Agenda

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 7, 2023

This week, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes, a national leader in the fight against the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement, highlighted two significant developments.

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SCOTUS Says No Affirmative Action in College Admissions

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 7, 2023

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, ruling that public universities may no longer base admissions standards on students’ race, which violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 7, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court closed its term with a monumental opinion in Biden v. Nebraska, ruling that the President’s efforts to cancel student debts unilaterally were unlawful under the HEROES Act.

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Utah AG charges Two Women with Aggravated Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult at Orem’s Hidden Hollow Care Center

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 6, 2023

The Medicaid Fraud and Patient Abuse Division of the Utah Attorney General’s Office filed charges on June 22 against two Hidden Hollow Care Center employees in Orem concerning the death of C.N., a former patient.

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AG Reyes Joins 26-State Coalition Fighting Back Against Federal Overreach

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 6, 2023

This month, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of states in submitting a comment to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) about its proposed rewrite of Circular A-4, “Regulatory Analysis.”

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Analysis: Utah ranked #34 for gun sales in 2022

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 5, 2023

Utah ranked #34 for gun sales in 2022, with an estimated 150,938 guns sold, according to federal data compiled in a new report by SafeHome.org.

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Utah Files Lawsuit to Stop EPA Rule That Could Increase Energy Costs

By Beehive State News Report | Jul 5, 2023

Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recently released Ozone Interstate Transport Rule.